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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 20-06-2017 11:23
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Ripley wrote:
What's Sagan doing up there after so many mountains? And why aren't you doing any better? Does the team doctor have anything to say?
The team doctor mentioned that me and Sagan entered a worm hole in one of the climbs wherein we exchanged powers! Hence the situation 
On a serious note, he's baffled mostly. The best explanation I've heard is that I might have overdone my prep...
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Posted on 20-06-2017 12:10
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This can't be true...van Garderen has to find a way to loose it somewhere  a 2nd on a stage is something to work with, still some glory to reach this Tour!
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| Ripley |
Posted on 20-06-2017 13:37
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AbhishekLFC wrote:
Ripley wrote:
What's Sagan doing up there after so many mountains? And why aren't you doing any better? Does the team doctor have anything to say?
The team doctor mentioned that me and Sagan entered a worm hole in one of the climbs wherein we exchanged powers! Hence the situation
That is a surprisingly good explanation.  Well, then I expect the green jersey from you, of course. |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 20-06-2017 16:02
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@Croatia: Let's wait and watch what TVG does. Stage hunting and chasing the KOM is what's left on my agenda.
@Ripley: Coming right up 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-06-2017 16:22
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So close to a stage win there! With time it's bound to come |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 20-06-2017 18:08
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Second place was a good result no doubt. But Bardet was always out of reach. My time will come soon I hope
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 21-06-2017 02:49
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And so, we reached the final week of the Tour. My hopes of a decent GC finish had been dashed on stage 14 but there was a slim chance of having a go at the KOM classification.
Stage 17 was a rolling transitional stage where van Avermaet joined the break. They did not survive and the sprinters took the prize.
Stage 18
I ventured into the seven man break with Kruijswijk, Vanmarcke and Craddock for company, among others. I picked up first place in the first three climbs, but was then dropped from the break. I was caught by Adam Yates and Dan Martin, who had escaped from the peloton, on the fourth climb. The duo contested for the win, with Yates taking it, moving to within 2 minutes of van Garderen. I eventually lost 5 minutes on the stage.
I joined the ten man break again on Stage 19. I had Polanc, my teammate, for company. I picked up no points on the first climb, but claimed first place in every other one. The break survived by a minute ahead of the pack but I only managed a 7th place. I moved up to 3rd in the KOM standings. However, this was the last stage with any KOM points on offer, which meant I could not move any higher in the KOM standings. I moved up one place in the GC to 28th.
Stage 20
The ITT was a last chance to redeem myself. I started off very well, going through the first two intermediates in first place. I lost some pace before the finish, the three weeks of racing taking its toll. Still, the timing screen showed 4th when I crossed the line. This would go down to 19th with a loss of over 2 minutes by the time the stage was wrapped up. Dumoulin took the win. I moved up another spot to 27th.
The ride into Champs Elysses on Stage 21 saw van Avermaet join the break to try his luck at glory. The break didn't survive and the historic bunch sprint was won by Sagan, who incredibly also finished 3rd in the GC. I did gain another place on this stage.
| 1 | Tejay Van Garderen | Astana Pro Team | 82h45'23 | | 2 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | + 1'56 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 6'26 | | 4 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 11'35 | | 5 | Rui Costa | Bora - Argon 18 | + 12'35 | | 6 | Romain Bardet | Team Sky | + 12'55 | | 7 | Davide Formolo | Astana Pro Team | + 13'19 | | 8 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 13'39 | | 9 | Tom Dumoulin | Stella Artois | + 14'00 | | 10 | Thibaut Pinot | Stella Artois | + 14'03 |
Spoiler | 11 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Sky | + 14'32 | | 12 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | + 18'50 | | 13 | Warren Barguil | IAM Cycling | + 19'48 | | 14 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 21'04 | | 15 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 21'32 | | 16 | Chris Froome | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 23'19 | | 17 | Geraint Thomas | Astana Pro Team | + 25'50 | | 18 | Rohan Dennis | IAM Cycling | + 26'27 | | 19 | Andrey Amador | Team Sky | + 27'44 | | 20 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | + 28'19 | | 21 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | + 32'05 | | 22 | Wout Poels | Team Sky | + 32'31 | | 23 | Joseph Dombrowski | Trek Factory Racing | + 33'15 | | 24 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | + 35'31 | | 25 | Tim Wellens | ESPN | + 39'18 | | 26 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 39'29 | | 27 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 39'56 | | 28 | Maxime Le Lavandier | Decathlon | + 47'05 | | 29 | Alexandre Geniez | ESPN | + 49'30 | | 30 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 49'31 | | 31 | Dayer Quintana | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 52'58 | | 32 | Gregorio Ibañez | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 53'34 | | 33 | Alvaro Cuadros | Team Katusha | + 54'22 | | 34 | Simon Spilak | ESPN | + 54'25 | | 35 | Mattia Cattaneo | TEAM Cepsa | + 56'53 | | 36 | Nicolas Edet | Decathlon | + 58'08 | | 37 | Simone Petilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 59'35 | | 38 | Clément Chevrier | Team Europcar | + 1h03'05 | | 39 | Jan Polanc | Lotto Soudal | + 1h04'45 | | 40 | Stefan Denifl | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h05'17 | | 41 | Esteban Chaves | Team Katusha | + 1h06'38 | | 42 | Lawson Craddock | ESPN | + 1h08'11 | | 43 | Lennard Kämna | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h09'26 | | 44 | Bernard Thiel | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h09'42 | | 45 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 1h10'12 | | 46 | Cyril Gautier | Alcatel | + 1h11'07 | | 47 | Alberto Contador | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h12'32 | | 48 | Victor Lafay | Alcatel | + 1h14'31 | | 49 | Pello Bilbao | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h15'29 | | 50 | Matej Mohoric | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h18'43 | | 51 | Léo Vincent | Decathlon | + 1h25'26 | | 52 | Edoardo Zardini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h26'07 | | 53 | Mathias Frank | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h28'38 | | 54 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h29'27 | | 55 | Nathan Brown | ESPN | + 1h29'34 | | 56 | Patrick Bevin | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h31'10 | | 57 | Jan Bakelants | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h35'58 | | 58 | Axel Domont | Decathlon | + 1h36'03 | | 59 | Odd Christian Eiking | IAM Cycling | + 1h36'57 | | 60 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Europcar | + 1h38'16 | | 61 | Egor Silin | Team Katusha | + 1h43'38 | | 62 | Davide Villella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h44'06 | | 63 | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h44'39 | | 64 | Thomas Bonnin | Alcatel | + 1h46'13 | | 65 | Gianni Meersman | Lotto Soudal | + 1h48'45 | | 66 | Luis León Sánchez | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h49'37 | | 67 | Tom Slagter | Team Katusha | + 1h49'48 | | 68 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h50'30 | | 69 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h51'05 | | 70 | Rudy Molard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h53'02 | | 71 | Alexey Lutsenko | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h56'49 | | 72 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | + 1h56'55 | | 73 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Alcatel | + 1h59'20 | | 74 | Théry Schir | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2h01'38 | | 75 | Floris De Tier | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 2h04'26 | | 76 | Jens Keukeleire | Team Sky | + 2h04'55 | | 77 | Taylor Phinney | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h07'36 | | 78 | Lars Boom | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h11'16 | | 79 | Wout van Aert | Stella Artois | + 2h12'41 | | 80 | Juan José Lobato | TEAM Cepsa | + 2h13'36 | | 81 | Alexis Gougeard | Astana Pro Team | + 2h15'53 | | 82 | Arnaud Demare | Team Europcar | + 2h17'57 | | 83 | Nacer Bouhanni | Decathlon | + 2h18'24 | | 84 | Thomas Sprengers | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 85 | Guillaume Levarlet | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 2h18'41 | | 86 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h20'38 | | 87 | Danny Van Poppel | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h22'05 | | 88 | Alexander Kristoff | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2h22'23 | | 89 | Scott Ambrose | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h22'27 | | 90 | Matthias Brändle | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 2h22'33 | | 91 | Nelson Oliveira | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2h22'37 | | 92 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2h23'56 | | 93 | Aldin Carlman | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 2h24'58 | | 94 | Daniel Oss | Astana Pro Team | + 2h27'50 | | 95 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Decathlon | + 2h28'36 | | 96 | Jasper Stuyven | Stella Artois | + 2h29'17 | | 97 | Carlos Betancur | Lotto Soudal | + 2h30'31 | | 98 | Rafal Palik | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h30'40 | | 99 | Alexis Dulin | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 2h32'55 | | 100 | Yoann Paillot | Team Europcar | + 2h33'41 | | 101 | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h34'26 | | 102 | Yves Lampaert | Stella Artois | + 2h37'47 | | 103 | Thomas Damuseau | Alcatel | + 2h38'30 | | 104 | Philip O'Donnell | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h39'13 | | 105 | Greg Van Avermaet | Lotto Soudal | + 2h42'04 | | 106 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h42'31 | | 107 | Raymond Kreder | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2h43'02 | | 108 | Mads Pedersen | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 2h45'15 | | 109 | Sondre Holst Enger | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 2h45'22 | | 110 | Anthony Maldonado | Decathlon | + 2h45'38 | | 111 | Geoffrey Soupe | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 2h46'46 | | 112 | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2h47'09 | | 113 | Davide Cimolai | Lotto Soudal | + 2h47'14 | | 114 | Jens Debusschere | Stella Artois | + 2h47'59 | | 115 | Yohann Olive | Alcatel | + 2h48'26 | | 116 | Meik Hermanski | Bora - Argon 18 | + 2h48'41 | | 117 | Laurens De Vreese | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h49'13 | | 118 | Adrien Petit | ESPN | + 2h49'46 | | 119 | Sam Bennett | IAM Cycling | + 2h50'33 | | 120 | Carlos Ribeiro | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h51'11 | | 121 | Roman Shevchuk | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 2h52'35 | | 122 | Lukas Löer | Team Sky | + 2h54'13 | | 123 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Trek Factory Racing | + 2h54'34 | | 124 | Patryk Komisarek | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 2h54'47 | | 125 | Julien Morice | Alcatel | + 2h55'57 | | 126 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Soudal | + 2h57'02 | | 127 | Iltjan Nika | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 2h57'12 | | 128 | Lorenzo Manzin | Decathlon | + 2h58'20 | | 129 | Boris Vallée | Stella Artois | + 2h58'23 | | 130 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | + 2h59'00 | | 131 | Sacha Modolo | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2h59'22 | | 132 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3h00'35 | | 133 | Sebastian Lander | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 3h02'34 | | 134 | Ignatas Konovalovas | TEAM Cepsa | + 3h04'42 | | 135 | Romain Cardis | Team Europcar | + 3h05'01 | | 136 | André Looij | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3h05'39 | | 137 | Giacomo Nizzolo | TEAM Cepsa | + 3h07'06 | | 138 | Marc Sarreau | Team Europcar | + 3h07'27 | | 139 | Dennis Vanendert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3h08'47 | | 140 | Markus Freiberger | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 3h09'22 | | 141 | Jempy Drucker | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 142 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Lotto Soudal | + 3h10'16 | | 143 | Pieter Jacobs | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3h11'23 | | 144 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | + 3h12'19 | | 145 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Bora - Argon 18 | + 3h12'30 | | 146 | Johan Le Bon | ESPN | + 3h12'41 | | 147 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 3h19'39 | | 148 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3h22'20 | | 149 | Marco Canola | Bora - Argon 18 | + 3h23'47 | | 150 | Luke Keough | Trek Factory Racing | + 3h24'02 | | 151 | Alton McArther | Astana Pro Team | + 3h25'05 | | 152 | Romain Guyot | Team Europcar | + 3h30'16 | | 153 | Joshua Huppertz | Bora - Argon 18 | + 3h30'36 | | 154 | Julien Duval | Decathlon | + 3h33'24 | | 155 | André Greipel | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3h33'25 | | 156 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Team Katusha | + 3h33'41 | | 157 | Max Walscheid | Bora - Argon 18 | + 3h33'48 | | 158 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3h34'49 | | 159 | Oscar Gatto | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 3h34'57 | | 160 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3h39'08 | | 161 | Niki Terpstra | Team Sky | + 3h39'13 | | 162 | Daniel Hoelgaard | IAM Cycling | + 3h41'14 | | 163 | David Menut | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 3h45'42 | | 164 | Victor Manakov | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 3h45'49 | | 165 | Phil Bauhaus | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3h49'24 | | 166 | Mark Cavendish | Trek Factory Racing | + 3h49'59 | | 167 | Andrea Piechele | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h51'10 | | 168 | Vincent Jérôme | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h52'03 | | 169 | Tyler Farrar | ESPN | + 3h58'29 | | 170 | Charles Herbert | Alcatel | + 4h00'36 | | 171 | Justin Oien | ESPN | + 4h02'46 | | 172 | Olivier Naesen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4h07'38 | | 173 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 4h08'38 | | 174 | Stig Broeckx | Trek Factory Racing | + 4h09'23 | | 175 | Sebastian Langeveld | Team Katusha | + 4h10'01 | | 176 | Anton Vorobyev | Team Katusha | + 4h15'30 | | 177 | Gerry Druyts | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4h16'20 | | 178 | Alexander Krieger | IAM Cycling | + 4h25'05 | | 179 | Felix English | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 4h26'55 | | 180 | Maciej Bodnar | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 4h30'06 | | 181 | Milán Biró | IAM Cycling | + 5h08'27 |
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 421 | | 2 | Arnaud Demare | Team Europcar | 320 | | 3 | Nacer Bouhanni | Decathlon | 239 | | 4 | Mads Pedersen | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | 214 | | 5 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 212 |
| 1 | Romain Bardet | Team Sky | 126 | | 2 | Dayer Quintana | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 97 | | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 95 | | 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | Astana Pro Team | 89 | | 5 | Alexandre Geniez | ESPN | 81 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | 83h06'27 | | 2 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | + 14'27 | | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 18'25 | | 4 | Gregorio Ibañez | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 32'30 | | 5 | Alvaro Cuadros | Team Katusha | + 33'18 |
| 1 | Astana Pro Team | 245h41'25 | | 2 | Stella Artois | + 24'59 | | 3 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 25'05 | | 4 | Team Sky | + 31'08 | | 5 | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 56'09 |
This is not how I'd imagined my first Tour going. I was consistently off the pace in most climbs, with breakaways turning out to be the only way I could stay ahead of the peloton. Being beaten by Benoot was not ideal, having made so much noise in the early season about beating both Meintjes and Betancur when we rode in the same race. On the second rest day, despite having finished 2nd on the stage the day before, I was doubting myself to no end as a GC candidate. On that same day, I took a decision which I thought would be good for my career in the near future, given how the season was turning out. By the time of the finish, I was calmer, but still not happy with my performance. I hope I can redeem myself in the few races that remain.
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 21-06-2017 05:18
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 21-06-2017 11:27
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Very good 15th stage, getting in the spotlight.
Just wondering how Abhishek’s TDF would have been, if he had chosen to stay with the team-mates to get some protection, save energy and only fight on the final climbs ?
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 22-06-2017 05:34
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Tamijo wrote:
Very good 15th stage, getting in the spotlight.
Just wondering how Abhishek’s TDF would have been, if he had chosen to stay with the team-mates to get some protection, save energy and only fight on the final climbs ?
By the time I got into the break for the first time on Stage 12, I was already 13 minutes down in the GC! Don't think trying to hang onto the pack would've helped much tbh.
Second place on Stage 15 was good, but I was aiming for accomplishing more things to remember from this TDF...
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 22-06-2017 06:13
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You are right, the TTT killed the GC, early.
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| Ripley |
Posted on 22-06-2017 08:43
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It was your first TdF, I'm sure you can improve in future editions. Altogether a strange race, the final top 10 and the time gaps leave me scratching my head. |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 22-06-2017 10:25
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Not mentioning TvG winning Le Tour, WTF is Sagan doing in the podium???
Not the best first Tour, but you'll have your revenge one month later in la Vuelta
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 22-06-2017 11:21
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@Tamijo: Too many TT kilometers for mine and Lotto's liking. Pretty much put the race on a platter for TVG.
@Ripley and Aquarius: A strange race for sure! Too many of the top climbers were so far back after the TTT that their chasing only led to their downfall in later stages. You can see how many teammates are still stacked together at the finish, all because of that TTT.
Let's hope I can be as good as last year in the Vuelta...
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-06-2017 14:06
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What a Difference a Month Makes
Date: 15th June, 2019
I got a call from my agent the day after the Criterium Dauphine got over.
"Congrats on wearing the leader's jersey."
All I managed was, "Hmm."
"I'm looking for contracts for you. There has been some interest. Any preferences?"
"Grand Tour leadership."
"Lotto want to re-sign you. They're are offering you leadership for the Vuelta."
"Just the Vuelta?", I asked.
"For now, yes."
"Keep them on hold. See what else comes up."
"Sure boss, goodbye."
"Goodbye Jan."
Date: 23nd July, 2019
Occasion: Morning of Tour de France Stage 16
Newspaper Article in L'Equipe
Lotto Soudal signed a one year contract extension with their rider Abhishek Sinha, who finished 2nd on Sunday's stage 15 of le Tour, behind Romain Bardet. The news doesn't come as a surprise following Louis Meintjes's transfer to MTN. Sinha was unavailable for comment but his agent said that this was a well thought out decision from both parties.
My performance in week two of the Tour had been the last straw. I had started to doubt my capabilities as a capable leader in Grand Tours. Just a month ago, I had put off re-signing with Lotto because they could not guarantee a Grand Tour leadership spot for me besides the Vuelta next year.
Lotto Soudal announced the signing of Nairo Quintana the week after the Criterium Dauphine. At that time, I had made up my mind to leave. Here I am, a month later, signing on to be his under-study!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 25-06-2017 07:49
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I took a break right after the Tour to gather my thoughts. Ever since the Giro, it's been one blow after another after another, some good, most not so good. I have to be honest, it was a relief to have got the contract situation resolved early. The circumstances leading up to it were not ideal and I have to accept that and move on. Next season will be another challenge in my path to the top, but no one becomes a legend by taking the easy way to the top.
The prep race for the Vuelta. I was back as the leader of the team and going for the GC. The team was mostly for the flat with only the last stage featuring a significant climb.
Stage 1 was flat and the sprinters had their day. Sagan was so quick at the finish that he got eight seconds on the rest of the pack. de Buyst grabbed 4th for us.
Stage 2 was much of the same. de Buyst got 5th while Salomein, who was protecting me throughout the stage, finished strongly in 10th.
Stage 3 and again de Buyst was excellent, picking up 2nd place behind Sagan, who completed his hat-trick! Is there anything this man can't do? The first five finishers got 14 seconds on the pack. de Buyst moved up to 3rd in the GC and in the Points classification.
Stage 4 saw de Buyst take another 2nd place. Sagan was finally beaten, and finished 5th. de Buyst moved up to 2nd place in both the GC and the Points race.
Stage 5
This stage would decide the GC. The pace was slow in the first half but picked up as soon as the third climb was negotiated. After the first category climb, the break was caught and the the lead group was down to less than seventy riders. After the next climb, this number reduced to fifty. I waited for a couple of kilometres on the climb to the finish before attacking with 7 km to go. Miguel Angel Lopez did the same and caught up to me with 5 km to go. I could not hang on to his next acceleration and had to settle for 2nd place on the stage and in the GC.
| 1 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | 18h01'51 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 33 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 56 | | 4 | Beñat Txoperena | Team Katusha | + 1'10 | | 5 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'18 | | 6 | Juan Chamorro | Colombia | s.t. | | 7 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 8 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Colombia | s.t. | | 9 | David De la Cruz | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 | Julian Arredondo | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Marko Díaz | Colombia | s.t. | | 12 | Ian Boswell | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 13 | Ezequiel Grandi | Kaiku | + 1'52 | | 14 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 2'42 | | 15 | Pello Bilbao | TEAM Cepsa | + 2'56 | | 16 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 17 | Mikel Iturria | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 18 | Óscar González | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 19 | Bernardo Pedone | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 20 | Carter Jones | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 4'11 | | 21 | Primož Roglic | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 22 | Floris Gerts | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 4'35 | | 23 | Vitaliy Buts | TEAM Cepsa | + 5'05 | | 24 | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 25 | Ángel Madrazo | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 26 | Javier Moreno | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 27 | Hugo Houle | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 28 | Alexander Geuens | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 5'56 | | 29 | Jelle Wallays | Lotto Soudal | + 6'10 | | 30 | Ricardo García | Team Katusha | + 6'41 | | 31 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 7'01 | | 32 | Alberto Cecchin | Colombia | + 7'25 | | 33 | Jack Haig | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 8'09 | | 34 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Kaiku | s.t. | | 35 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 8'32 | | 36 | Jimmy Raibaud | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 9'29 | | 37 | Liam Bertazzo | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 38 | Patrick Facchini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 39 | Elmar Reinders | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 40 | Aner Echegaray | Kaiku | s.t. | | 41 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 42 | Erlantz Feans | Kaiku | s.t. | | 43 | Ander Arranz | TEAM Cepsa | + 10'27 | | 44 | Sean De Bie | Stella Artois | + 10'43 | | 45 | Manuel Sola | Burgos - BH | + 10'54 | | 46 | Erik Drevik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 11'37 | | 47 | João Silva | Team Katusha | + 13'10 | | 48 | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | s.t. | | 49 | Jan Dieteren | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 50 | Wesley Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 51 | Angelo Tulik | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 52 | Marko Kump | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 53 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 54 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 55 | Carlos Ribeiro | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 56 | Mickaël Delage | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 57 | Yuma Koishi | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 58 | Antonio Dubois | Colombia | s.t. | | 59 | Brayan Ramírez | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 60 | Robbie Hucker | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 61 | Peter Velits | Iberdrola | + 13'54 | | 62 | Winner Anacona | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 63 | Haritz Orbe | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 64 | Frederico Figueiredo | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 65 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 66 | Onur Balkan | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 14'01 | | 67 | Petr Vakoc | Iberdrola | + 14'15 | | 68 | Steven Tronet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 69 | Marco Benfatto | Colombia | s.t. | | 70 | Stefan Küng | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 71 | Unai Iparragirre | Kaiku | s.t. | | 72 | Aser Estévez | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 73 | Domen Novak | Kaiku | s.t. | | 74 | Jesús Ezquerra | Kaiku | s.t. | | 75 | Juan Manuel Puntas | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 76 | Fabien Grellier | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 14'29 | | 77 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 15'14 | | 78 | Jelle Donders | Lotto Soudal | + 15'28 | | 79 | Gaël Malacarne | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 16'23 | | 80 | Julien Vermote | Stella Artois | + 17'36 | | 81 | Miguel Mínguez | Kaiku | + 17'58 | | 82 | Eloy Ruiz | Burgos - BH | + 18'10 | | 83 | Gregorio Ibañez | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 18'17 | | 84 | Jelle Vanendert | Stella Artois | + 20'20 | | 85 | Jesse Kerrison | Lotto Soudal | + 20'30 | | 86 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | + 20'40 | | 87 | Oscar Gatto | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 20'54 | | 88 | Ricardo van Dongen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 89 | Flavien Dassonville | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 90 | Brenton Jones | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 91 | Peter Lenderink | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 92 | Johann Van Zyl | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 93 | Andrés Vigil | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 94 | Boy Van Poppel | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 21'54 | | 95 | Jarl Salomein | Lotto Soudal | + 23'43 | | 96 | Davy Gunst | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 26'14 | | 97 | Rafael Valls | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 26'19 | | 98 | Etienne Tortelier | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 26'27 | | 99 | Christopher Sutton | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 27'32 | | 100 | Sven Darby | Team Katusha | + 28'22 | | 101 | Tim De Troyer | Lotto Soudal | + 28'35 | | 102 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Team Katusha | + 28'50 | | 103 | Jos Van Emden | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 30'05 | | 104 | Julien Simon | Colombia | + 33'14 | | 105 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 34'28 | | 106 | Jon Aberasturi | TEAM Cepsa | + 34'30 | | 107 | Michael Vingerling | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 37'11 | | 108 | Stanley Puspanathan | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 40'16 | | 109 | Kristof Vandewalle | Stella Artois | + 41'28 | | 110 | Bert De Backer | Stella Artois | + 50'05 | | 111 | Jon Andoni Martínez Ruiz | Burgos - BH | + 53'01 | | 112 | José Joaquín Martínez Gómez | Burgos - BH | + 1h15'46 |
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 92 | | 2 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | 66 | | 3 | Sean De Bie | Stella Artois | 59 | | 4 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | 47 | | 5 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | 46 |
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 47 | | 2 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | 38 | | 3 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Tinkoff-Saxo | 35 | | 4 | Miguel Mínguez | Kaiku | 28 | | 5 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 27 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | 18h01'51 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 33 | | 3 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1'18 | | 4 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Colombia | + 1'18 | | 5 | Marko Díaz | Colombia | + 1'18 |
| 1 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 12h56'24 | 54h09'05 (1) | | 2 | Colombia | s.t. | + 22 (2) | | 3 | Team Katusha | + 1'30 | + 1'52 (3) | | 4 | TEAM Cepsa | + 7'03 | + 7'25 (4) | | 5 | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 7'45 | + 7'53 (5) |
My best ever finish in the GC. My first KOM win in a long time. It felt good to climb onto the podium. Sagan was up to his old tricks again, winning the Points classification and finishing on the podium in the GC again. Speaking of Points, de Buyst remained second on that classification. A good comeback for me but I was already looking forward to the Vuelta...
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 25-06-2017 07:58
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Hope he's not too disappointed with that Tour. It's not a bad debut, not super great either but hey - plenty of chances left
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 25-06-2017 11:00
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Still very young with so many good years left, Nairo might turn out to be both a good inspiration and someone to learn from and it is just one season
Great race in Vuelta a Burgos
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 25-06-2017 17:34
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@Ian: Couldn't make a mark after a lot of talk from my side. A lot of it has to do with failing to live up to my own expectations. Gotta come back stronger, like you said.
@Tamijo: Thanks
To be honest, the contract decision was taken in haste, almost in self-loathing, but it might turn out to be a blessing in disguise...
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 26-06-2017 02:16
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After the good result in Burgos, I was keen to make a similar mark in the Vuelta. Last year, I had performed exceedingly well in this race, managing a top 10 finish. I had high hopes once again. Hopefully, I would be in good condition after coming through a tiring Tour.
Stage 1
We were poor once again in the TTT. We finished 18th, losing almost one and a half minutes to the stage winners. Team Sky won and Wout Poels wore the Red Jersey.
Stage 2 saw three of my teammates fall on the descent of the last intermediate climb. Two of them recovered but Merlier lost so much time that he finished outside the time limit! I stayed with the pack till the base of the climb to the finish. I couldn't hang on to the front and lost time again. Arredondo was the new leader of the GC.
Stage 3 had cobbles was one of the favourites for the win. As it turned out, the cobbles did not play a major role and the stage came down to a bunch sprint among the fast men. Davide Cimolai took the stage win for us.
Stage 4
I hit the front of the pack on the first climb. Uran and Sergio Henao had escaped from the pack after the break was caught and I led the chase. Slowly, the pack made their way back to the two attackers on the final descent but it was just a bit late. They held on without any time gaps to take the first two positions. Uran was the new GC leader. I climbed up from 29th to 21st in the GC.
Stage 5 was a much milder stage with an uphill finish. I stayed out of trouble and sprinted to 10th place.
Stage 6
A tough stage with a lot of climbing in the first week of the Vuelta. The peloton was down to a hundred riders after the first climb itself. I had only three teammates left. The pace continued to be high till the strong break was caught on the fourth climb of the day. There were attacks on the base of the last climb but none could get away. I was dropped on the climb to the finish, losing eight minutes to stage winner Arredondo, who re-took the lead in the GC, yet finished 15th on the stage. I even moved up to 13th in the GC and was the new leader in the U25s. Our team was down to 6 riders as both Cimolai and Demoitte finished outside the time limit!
| 1 | Julian Arredondo | Tinkoff-Saxo | 23h01'53 | | 2 | Adam Yates | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 26 | | 3 | Rigoberto Urán | Stella Artois | + 1'47 | | 4 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 4'28 | | 5 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Sky | + 6'11 | | 6 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | + 6'26 | | 7 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 8 | Carlos Verona | Team Sky | + 6'42 | | 9 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 7'04 | | 10 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 10'39 | | ... | | 13 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 12'15 |
To be continued...
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 26-06-2017 11:59
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 26-06-2017 09:05
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Stage 2: Darn losing a teammate this early
Stage 3: Always good with a GT stage win.
Stage 6: Getting closer, but losing to many teammates.
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